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World Service,23 Dec 2025,49 mins

US says would hold onto Venezuelan seized oil

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The Trump administration has accused Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime. The seizure of the tankers is the latest development in the US's pressure campaign against the government of Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Lawmakers in Australia's New South Wales are expected to pass toucher gun control laws in response to the Bondi Beach mass shoting over a week ago. We'll speak to an MP in support of the changes And as Israel expands its settlements in West Bank, we hear from an activist wounded in the clashes with settlers (Photo: A coast guard boat of the Venezuelan Navy patrols along the Caribbean coast; Credit: Juan Carlos Hernandez/Reuters)

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